Examples of Wordplay found in the book Alice in Wonderland Dction •`Take some more tea,' the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. `I've had nothing yet,' Alice replied in an offended tone, `so I can't take more.' `You mean you can't take LESS,' said the Hatter: `it's very easy to take MORE than nothing.' Pg 73 •Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it? said the March Hare Pg 69 •"If you knew Time as well as I do." said the Hatter, "you wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him." Pg 71
Syntax: •`You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, `that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!' Pg 69
•"You might just as well say" added the March Hare, "That I like what I get is the same thing as I get what I like! Pg 69
•You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!' Pg 69 Lexicon •and muchness-- you know you say things are "much of a muchness"--did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?' Pg 75
•"curiouser and Curiouser! cried Alice. Pg 26
• the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race. Pg 35 Personification •The Dormouse went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; Pg 74 •Your hair wants cutting. Pg 68 •He's murdering the time! Off with his head! Pg 72
Alliteration •fish footman, frog footman Pg 59 •"-That begins with an M, such as mousetraps- and the moon, and mempry, and muchness."Pg 75 • "It was the best butter Pg 70
Assonance •"speak roughly to your little boy, and beat him when he sneezes, he only does it to annoy, because he knows it teases
•and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie Pg 73 •"Did you say pig or fig." Pg 66
Repetition •and muchness-- you know you say things are "much of a muchness"--did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?' Pg 75 •Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep `Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle Pg 72 •wow wow wow Pg 63 Pun •`You can draw water out of a water-well,' said the Hatter; `so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well--eh, stupid?' Pg 73 •`Of course they were', said the Dormouse; `--well in.' Pg 74 •`They were learning to draw,' Pg 74
Examples of Wordplay found in the book Alice in Wonderland
Dction
•`Take some more tea,' the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. `I've had nothing yet,' Alice replied in an offended tone, `so I can't take more.' `You mean you can't take LESS,' said the Hatter: `it's very easy to take MORE than nothing.' Pg 73
•Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it? said the March Hare Pg 69
•"If you knew Time as well as I do." said the Hatter, "you wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him." Pg 71
Syntax:
•`You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, `that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!' Pg 69
•"You might just as well say" added the March Hare, "That I like what I get is the same thing as I get what I like! Pg 69
•You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!' Pg 69
Lexicon
•and muchness-- you know you say things are "much of a muchness"--did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?' Pg 75
•"curiouser and Curiouser! cried Alice. Pg 26
• the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race. Pg 35
Personification
•The Dormouse went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; Pg 74
•Your hair wants cutting. Pg 68
•He's murdering the time! Off with his head! Pg 72
Alliteration
•fish footman, frog footman Pg 59
•"-That begins with an M, such as mousetraps- and the moon, and mempry, and muchness." Pg 75
• "It was the best butter Pg 70
Assonance
•"speak roughly to your little boy, and beat him when he sneezes, he only does it to annoy, because he knows it teases
•and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie Pg 73
•"Did you say pig or fig." Pg 66
Repetition
•and muchness-- you know you say things are "much of a muchness"--did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?' Pg 75
•Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep `Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle Pg 72
•wow wow wow Pg 63
Pun
•`You can draw water out of a water-well,' said the Hatter; `so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well--eh, stupid?' Pg 73
•`Of course they were', said the Dormouse; `--well in.' Pg 74
•`They were learning to draw,' Pg 74